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bedtime is a nightmare all of a sudden!

njbride0603njbride0603 member
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in the last week bedtime has become a nightmare! She used to be great at bedtime...she would go in her crib say goodnight and that was that. Lately she goes in but then in a few minutes she's screaming for me and it ends up turning into 45 minutes trying to get her to sleep! I don't think its teeth b/c during the day she is fine and not cranky at all. I've tried letting her cry but she does not stop and is so loud I don't want her to wake up my other daughter. DD#1 went through a phase like this but I would go in rub her back for a few minutes and she would be fine. I don't know what it is all of a sudden :( anyone else going through this?

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  • erbearerbear member
    My almost three year old is in this phase right now. Nothing has really worked well, but you're not alone! I do remember my older DD going through this too, and it passed at some point.
    "Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies. God damn it, you've got to be kind." - Kurt Vonnegut
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  • JenniCollinsJenniCollins member
    edited January 2014
    When my DD went thru this we discovered she was done with her crib. One night I put her on the guest bed so I could run to the bathroom, when I came back she was fast asleep. Next day we switched her crib to the toddler bed and we had no more problems. Good luck finding your solution! Btw, this was right around her 2nd birthday, about a week before I believe.
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  • smvinersmviner member
    I'm having the same problem.  We would settle down in the living room and he would fall asleep out there and then we would carry him to his crib and that would be it.  But now he wakes right up and we have to let him cry it out.  It's so hard and sometimes I feel like an awful mother but everyone keeps telling me that it's not going to hurt him to cry it out!  I'll go into the other room and take a shower and most of the time he's done by the time i get out.  Doesn't bother my husband as much as it does me.  Is this normal?  
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  • charliejacksoncharliejackson member
    Yes, it's normal. You're normal! You have to give tough love at this stage, otherwise you'll find that your toddler will try this on for ages. Then you end up becoming aggravated.  No good.

    It's no good, njbride about the risk of waking your other little one, but experts say that you can break a habit like this in three nights. I think maybe five... but much better to tough it out. I like the idea of showering! :) 
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  • law&orderlaw&order member

    We are going through this too.  We used to put DS to bed, say goodnight and he'd be asleep in 5 minutes.  Now it can be a 45 minute affair with him in and out of bed a billion times, crying, asking for back rubs and for me to stay with him. 

    No advice...we're still trying to get through this ourselves and figure out what works. I will say, he doesn't pull this stuff when i'm not home :)  So it may be time for some tough love for us...

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  • smvinersmviner member
    I asked our baby sitter and when she puts him down for a nap he goes right to sleep no problem.  But you always hear that kids will behave differently for others than they will for you.  So maybe that's what it is.  
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